The Tragedy of the Old Monkey King (2019) Le voyage du prince
Director: Jean-Francois Raggio
Screenwriter: Jean-Francois Raggio / Anik Le Ray
Starring : Enrico Di Giovanni / Thomas Sagos / Gabriel Le Doze / Marie-Madeleine Burguet / Celia Rosich / Catherine Lafond / Friedrich Kerdar / Patrick Bonnel
Genre: Animation
Country/Region of Production: France
Language: French
Date: 2019-08-11 (Annex Animation Film Festival)
Duration: 77 minutes
Also known as: The Prince’s Voyage / 老猴王落難記（港）
IMDb: tt9144838
Adaptation: Inspiration
Summary:
The old monkey prince from an unknown era was washed ashore by a wave due to an accident. A monkey boy named Tom discovered him and took this man wearing tattered Chinese clothes with him, speaking a different language. Tom takes him to his parents, two dissident researchers who dared to believe the existence of other peoples. The professor and his wife were surprised to learn that the prince came from different time and space, and planned to use him as proof to overturn the stereotyped imagination of the world by those in power. The Prince, guided by his friend Tom, discovers with enthusiasm and fascination this frozen and sclerotic society. Meanwhile, the researcher couple dreamed of convincing the Academy of the veracity of their previously rejected thesis. The two directors who have produced “Lulumi on the Côte d'Azur” and “Louise on the Shore” have teamed up to create a dreamland, a clever fable that witnesses the touching friendship between a prince and a boy.
